Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-17
FAIR HAVEN.
About the Grade Crossings-Fair Ha- veners In southern Ca1IfornIa-Per- sonal Notes and General Mention.

About the Grade CrOss1ngs-Fair Ha-
 veners In southern CalIfornIa-Per-
 sonal Notes and General Mention.
 It is stated from what appears to be reli- able information that something will be done in the near future as regards the railroad crossings at Center street and Grand avenue. There are three crossings all in row here, and some time ago the railroad commission CTS held a public hearing to decide what should be done towards erecting bridge. A number of people appeared against the pro- posed abolition of the grade crossings, but the other side eventually prevailed and 0 bridge was ordered, but through some tech nicality the final settlement of the question has been deferred. It will take good deal of engineering skill to erect 8 bridge that shall do away with all three of these cross ings. The work on the bridge at the lower end of Center street is progressing nicely.
 Henry filling, of the Annex, has gone to California where he will work at his trade as a carpenter. He has secured an excellent situation and expects to move his family out there in the spring.
 Rev. A. J. Wheeler Is expected to deliver l the address at the rink temperance meeting l to morrow afternoon.
 Mrs. w. s. Greene, president of the W. o. 1 T. U., will nos take charge of the meeting at | the rink on Sunday, having been suddenly called to visit her daughter, Mrs. Judge | | Ns Js | turn next Wednesday.
 | Henry R. Barnes has not quite recovered | from an attack of vertigo which came upor l him last week.
 Fred Tompkins, of Cedar Hill, will shortly
 start for southern California, where he vii spend the winter. There will be quite col ony of Fair Haveners in California before ! long. Recent letters from J. B. Rowe, the ieweler, and Druggist George H. Corbir state that they find the climate very salubri'
 ous and that they are much pleased with it l effect. Deacon Lucius Rowe will probably spend the winter again in California. l Rev. P.S. Evans of the Grand avenue Bap
 tist church will preach another of his seriel
 of sermons on "The Beautitudes."
 Wm. s. Clark, who has for several year
 past been station agent at the depot, IS to b
 telegraph operator in the office of Master Ca
 Builder Denver. Herbert A. Ives, who ha
 been station agent on the New Haven ant
 Northampton road at Westheid' VIII succee'
 him. |,
 The new hall of the Temple of Honor vii
 bs dedicated week from next Tuesday.
 B. J. Stone, of the east side, is taking two months vacation, after which he vii
 decide what business he will engage in.
 Six Fair Haven young ladies have entered
 the Welch Training school to become teach
 CTS. They are all High school graduates. ] Captain and Mrs. S. L. Potter were yer
 pleasantly surprised the other evening a
 their home, 75 Exchange street, by party o friends.
 o. A. Rose and family have heen visitiu in New York city.
 Albert Potter IS now working Ill a NeI | York restaurant oyster opener. Gussie Barnes, the young son Of A.
 Barnes, the oyster dealer, is able to be ou | again. having recovered from his serious ia
 few weeks ago
 MT. Ammi Huntingdon and daughter Ami ! fo T.. FORMERLY PREACHED IN FAIR HAVEN.
 The death of Rev. Albert S. Graves C Stratford, brother of Rev. G. A. Graves c
 Windsor, was very sudden, resulting fror heart disease while he was assisting hi
 daughter in preparation for a vacation. H
 has preached in the Oneida, N. Y., confer ence, Fair Haven, West Winsted New Rc chelle Brooklyn, southhold, Springfield , and has been presiding elder of the Lon
 Island. and Brooklyn districts. He bega } preaching in 1S47. Rev. MT. Graves left fe , Stratford Wednesday. His brother, assiste 3 by Rev. A. H. Hyatt, married him to Mr' 3 Abbott, of Winsted, April 28.
 A PATHOLOGICAL SEMINARY sUEE : A Test Case Brought by the City C 3 Hartford to Decide Question ( l Taxes
 A writ has been served on the Hartfo1
 Theological seminary through the Rev. L. Hicks of Wethersfeld, secretary of the co 3 poration, on behalf of the city of Hartfo1 for unpaid taxes. The writ, which Wi , served by Sheriff Chapman, is returnable C
 the first Monday of October before the Cou ] of Common Pleas, Judge Calhoun. TT ' property, the taxes on which are in disput n | is known as No. 31 Pennington avenue, co l ner of Broad, and is now occupied by Ho a 1 ace Cornwall. The claim of the city is tn 2 on August 1, 1887, the theological seminar
 owed the city $200 for taxes properly a - sessed and laid upon the defendant and i 8 l cluded in the assessment liFt of 1886. Fl = 1 trustees of the seminary on the other har claim that by the charter granted to the il : | stitution when it was founded at Ea A I Windsor one hundred acres are exempt fro l taxation, and that the exemption is suficie
 to cover the taxes on the property in que l. tion in this city. In previous years this ta l has been paid.
 t It will be noticed that the question in th f case is not as to whether the property (whi' s is used for other purposes) shall be exem t from taxation because it belongs to reli 2 ious or educational institution; that poi : has already been decided here. The prope ;- ty owned by the Trinity college corporate - on Trinity street, just east of the Capitol, # was claimed, should not be taxed, because s belonged to an educational institution al r. the revenue derived from it went to the su 2 port of the college. Again, it was urg i. that the American Asylum for the De
 and Dumb was under no obllgatl
 to pay taxes on a pasture ne
 the Little river, west of Woodland stre' > since, although no building intended for e ;. ucational purposes stood upon it, yet it W g used as pasture for cows which supplied t 1T asylum with milk Both cases were decid ,r adversely by the board of relief. In view Is these decisions and the broader claims a immunity advanced by the trustees of t
 Theological seminary, the case will be await
 with interest.-Hartford Courant.